LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 2. And be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the following sections be and the same are hereby
added to Article XLVIII of the Code of Public General
Laws, title "Inspections," sub-title "Horticultural Department,"
to be designated as sections 59, 59 A, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64 and 65.
59. That should any nurseryman, agent, broker, dealer or

New sections
added.

other person send out or deliver within the State, or transport
to any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia,
trees, vines, shrubs, plants, buds or cuttings, subject to the
attacks of insects and diseases above provided for, without
attaching a copy of said certificate, deface or destroy said cer-
tificate, or wrongfully attach a certificate, he shall be adjudged
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction before any
justice of the peace, be fined a sum not less than ten dollars
($10) or more than one hundred dollars ($100) and costs of
prosecution for each and every offense, and stand committed
until such fine and costs are paid, and the fines so collected shall
be paid to the trustees of the said college and be added to the
funds herein provided for carrying out the provisions of this
Act.

Guilty of mis-
demeanor.

59 A. That all trees, plants, vines, shrubs, buds or cuttings,
commonly known as nursery stock, grown or handled by each
and every nurseryman within this State, and subject to the
attacks of the aforesaid insects or disease, shall be fumigated
by the nurseryman owning the same with hydrocyanic acid gas
in buildings or enclosures inspected and approved by the afore-
said State, officers under their discretion.

Plants to be
fumigated.

60. That when any trees, plants, shrubs, vines, buds or cut-
tings commonly known as nursery stock are shipped into this
State from any other State or territory, or the District of
Columbia to any nurseryman, broker, dealer, agent or other
person in this State, every carload, bale, box or package thereof
shall be plainly labeled on the outside with the name of the
consignor, the name of the consignee, and a certificate showing
that the contents have been inspected by a qualified State or
government officer, and that the trees, plants, vines, shrubs or
cuttings therein contained are apparently free from the insects
and diseases herein provided for. Whenever any trees, plants,
vines, shrubs, buds or cuttings are shipped into this State from
any other State or Territory, or the District of Columbia, with-
out such certificate plainly fixed on the outside of each carload,
box, bale or package, the agent of the transportation company,
firm or person receiving same shall not deliver said nursery
stock to the consignee or agent representing the consignor, and

Plainly
labeled.